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Gadsden/Etowah County Emergency Management Agency
Friday August 22nd, 2014 :: 10:13 a.m. CDT

Advisory

HEAT ADVISORY FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY FOR ETOWAH COUNTY

TEMPERATURES...WILL RANGE FROM 95 TO 100 DEGREES. HIGHER HUMIDITY WILL ALLOW HEAT INDICES TO RANGE FROM 102 TO 108 DEGREES.

* IMPACTS...HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL ELEVATE THE RISK OF HEAT STRESS AND HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES SUCH AS HEAT EXHAUSTION OR HEAT STROKE.
TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME
OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLYMORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEATEXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTINGCLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.

Address/Location
Gadsden/Etowah County Emergency Management Agency
90 E Broad St
Gadsden, AL 35903

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1

Denise Cooey
Deputy Director
[email protected]
256-549-4575

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